@inproceedings{6b341460ef7049d194e13b6844944530,
title = "A long-pulse high-power backward wave oscillator",
abstract = "The authors report on the development of a 50-100 MW, 10-GHz, backward wave oscillator (BWO). The BWO is driven by an 1100 A annular beam produced by a variation of a magnetron injection gun which includes a dispenser cathode with its surface nearly parallel to the tube axis. Simulations indicate that the perpendicular energy of the beam should be less than 6% of the total beam energy. The gun is driven by a 300-kV, 1.2 μs PFN pulser than can be rep-rated to over 20 Hz. Nonlinear simulations indicate that the microwave generation efficiency should be approximately 18%. The microwave output is predicted to be tunable over a range of 800 MHz.",
author = "Read, {M. E.} and Dudas, {A. J.} and Seiler, {S. W.} and G. Tripoli and G. Bird and B. Levush and Y. Carmel",
year = "1991",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English",
isbn = "0780301471",
series = "91 IEEE Int Conf Plasma Sci",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
pages = "128",
booktitle = "91 IEEE Int Conf Plasma Sci",
address = "United States",
note = "1991 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science ; Conference date: 03-06-1991 Through 05-06-1991",
}